Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Lysianassida > Parvorder Haustoriidira > Superfamily Haustorioidea > Family Phoxocephalidae > Subfamily Phoxocephalinae

Metaphoxus Bonnier, 1896

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metaphoxus fultoni (Scott, 1890)
Metaphoxus gruneri Karaman, 1986
Metaphoxus simplex (Spence Bate, 1858)

Literature

original description	Bonnier, J. (1896). Édriophthalmes. In: Koehler, R., Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Edriophthalmes. Annales de l' Université de Lyon. 26: 527-689, pls. 28-40.
additional source	Barnard, J.L. (1960). The amphipod family Phoxocephalidae in the eastern Pacific Ocean with analyses of other species and notes for a revision of the family. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 18(3): 175-368.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Griffiths, C. L. (1973). The amphipoda of Southern Africa. I.The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of southern Moçambique. Annals of the South African Museum. 60(10): 265-306, figs: 4-11.

Genbank

Citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Metaphoxus Bonnier, 1896. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101720